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Virginia General Assembly · HB 17 · Acts of Assembly Chapter 355

Fines and costs; period of limitations on collection, responsibility for collections.

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Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact §§ 19.2-340, 19.2-341, 19.2-349, and 19.2-354 of the Code of Virginia, relating to fines and costs; period of limitations on collection. Read the full text

2026 session

What it does

Fines and costs; period of limitations on collection; deferred payment agreement. Changes the period of limitations for the collection of court fines and costs from within 60 years from the date of the offense or delinquency giving rise to imposition of such penalty if imposed by a circuit court or within 30 years if imposed by a general district court to within 10 years from the date of the judgment whether imposed by a circuit court or general district court. The bill provides that upon the ex
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Where it is

Introduced · Dec 22, 2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter 355 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.

The numbers

17
sponsors on the bill

Sponsors

Marcia S. "Cia" Price Jessica L. AndersonBonita G. AnthonyAlex Q. AskewKatrina CallsenStacey Annie CarrollNadarius E. ClarkLaura Jane CohenNicole ColeRae CousinsMichael B. FeggansLily V. FranklinJackie H. GlassDestiny LeVere BollingMarty MartinezSam RasoulKathy K.L. Tran

Recorded votes

Senate substitute agreed to by House (65-Y 33-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-06 · P · Y 65, N 33, X 1
Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-04 · P · Y 21, N 19
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-03 · P · Y 40
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)Senate · 2026-03-03 · P · Y 10, N 5
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)Senate · 2026-02-25 · P · Y 9, N 6
Read third time and passed House (66-Y 32-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-06 · P · Y 66, N 32, X 2
Reported from Appropriations (17-Y 5-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-02 · P · Y 17, N 5
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-30 · P · Y 5, X 1, N 1
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) and rereferred to Appropriations (16-Y 4-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-28 · P · Y 16, X 2, N 4
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and rereferred to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-21 · P · Y 9, N 1
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